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Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton (Collins, 1936, hc, n.) [Inspector Henry Arnold; Desmond Merrion]

Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton (The British Library, May 2016, 978-0-7123-5641-1, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no, cover by Chris Andrews) [Inspector Henry Arnold; Desmond Merrion; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1936) mystery novel.

The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton (Collins, 1930, hc, n.) [Desmond Merrion]     Also published as: The Mystery of High Eldersham. Collins, 1933.

The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton (The British Library, May 2016, 978-0-7123-5609-1, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [Desmond Merrion; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1930) mystery novel.

Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories ed. Peter Burton (Gay Men’s Press US, December 2003, 1-902852-46-X, $15.95, x+459pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction · Peter Burton · ss 1 · And the Band Played On · Robert Cochrane · ss 5 · Best Eaten Cold · Tim Ashley · ss 27 · Pisspants · Sebastian Beaumont · ss 41 · Takey’s War · Perry Brass · ss 53 · The Collection Box · Scott Brown · ss 71 · Beyond the Reef · Jeffrey Buchanan · ss 85 · Pop Goes the Weasel · Richard Cawley · ss 109 · Dead & Gone · Bryan Connon · ss 115 · Strangers on a Plane · Jack Dickson · ss 131 · Two Birds, One Stone · Simon Edge · ss 153 · Breach · Joanne Elliott · ss 161 · Direst Cruelty · Nigel Fairs · ss 169 · Canvas · Steve Ferris · ss 181 · L & I · Hugh Fleetwood · nv 209 · The Mirror’s Kiss · C. J. Fortesque · ss 221 · Little Jimmy · Christopher Francis · ss 237 · The Excursion · Patrick Gale · ss 247 · The Pitch · Drew Gummerson · ss 261 · Britain’s Fattest Killer Tells All · Michael Hootman · ss 275 · Love and Hate and the Scent of Almonds · Randall Kent Ivey · ss 293 · Bala the Woodworker · Alan James · nv 333 · The Sitting Tenant · Francis King · ss 347 · Poison Pen · Simon Lovat · ss 361 · Into the Cold · Anthony McDonald · ss 371 · Still There · Joseph Mills · ss 379 · The Murdered Child · Patrick Roscoe · ss 399 · Death by Eros [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Past Poisons ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1998 423 · The Haunting of James Elstead · Michael Wilcox · ss 435 · Jolly Well Played, That Man · Graeme Woolaston · ss 453 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi 455 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories ed. Peter Burton (Robinson, June 26, 1997, 978-1-85487-518-1, xxiv+486pp, tp, an) xvii · Escape from the Shadows · Peter Burton · in 1 · This Is Serious · James Robert Baker · ex from Testosterone, a novel in progress. 11 · The Voyeur · Peter Baker · ss Gay Times April 1985 18 · Minerva’s Ring · Diesel Balaam · ss Him August 1984 27 · Caesar’s Gallic Wars · Neil Bartlett · ss 33 · The Gang · Sebastian Beaumont · ss 44 · Jonah · David Patrick Beavers · ss 48 · River · Peter Burton · ss Jeremy v1 #9, 1970 55 · Whatever Happened to the Girl Next Door? · Matthew Butler · ss Spartacus #9, 1969 64 · Young Hunks on Coke · Toni Davidson · ss Queer Words #4, 1995 74 · Purple Prose in Soho · Paul de Havilland · ss Queer Words #3, 1995 80 · A Day in the Country · Gary Dunne · ex from Shadows on the Dance Floor, Blackwattle Press, 1992 85 · Kissing in the Wheat · Richard K. Edwards · ss Queer Words #1, 1995 96 · The Destroyer · David Evans · ss 111 · I Come with Her · James Friel · ss; given as “I Come with with Her” in the Table of Contents. 115 · Cookery · Patrick Gale · ss 127 · Shadows · Damon Galgut · ss Small Circles of Beings by Damon Galgut, Constable, 1988 135 · A True Romance · Stephen Gray · ss 147 · Dear Julius · Rufus Gunn · ss 156 · Snowfall · Joseph Hansen · ss Tangents Magazine v1 #3, December 1965, as by James Colton 180 · Chinese Camp and Rebuffs at the D’Jockey Pub, Penang · John Haylock · ss 183 · Dirty Stories · Tim Herbert · ss Angel Tails by Tim Herbert, Blackwattle Press, 1993 189 · Someone Is Crying in the Chateau De Berne · Andrew Holleran · ss Christopher Street 1980 206 · The Steam Parlour · Witi Ihimaera · ss Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera, Secker & Warburg, 1995 215 · A Visit to the General · Francis King · ss So Hurt and Humiliated by Francis King, Longmans, 1949 222 · Billy & Bud · Michael Leech · ss Gay Times March 1989 230 · Ginger Rogers’s Private Collection · Robert Leek · ss Sweet and Sour Cocktails by Robert Leek, Reed Publishing, 1993 249 · Butcher · Simon Lovat · ss 254 · Improperly Dressed · Joseph Mills · ss 264 · The Last Piece of Trade in America · John Mitzel · ss On the Line ed. Ian Young, The Crossing Place, 1981 269 · Take It Like a Man · John Patrick · ss 281 · The War Over Jane Fonda · Robert Patrick · ss 293 · A Son’s Story · Tony Peake · ss Winter’s Tales, New Series: 9 ed. Robin Baird-Smith, Constable, 1993 309 · Hunter · Felice Picano · nv Drummer #39, 1980 332 · Luv, G · Neil Powell · ss 340 · The Amateur · Simon Raven · ss Turf Accounts ed. Gee Armytage & Mike Seabrook, Gollancz, 1994 351 · Embracing Verdi · Philip Ridley · ss Flamingoes in Orbit by Philip Ridley, Hamish Hamilton, 1990 361 · Sundown · Peter Robins · ss 371 · Three Friends · Jerry Rosco · ss On the Line ed. Ian Young, The Crossing Place, 1981 390 · Hemo Homo · Lawrence Schimel · ss 397 · Prostitution · Aiden Shaw · ss (r); revised. 409 · Nymph and Shepherd · Colin Spencer · ss The London Magazine May 1959 422 · The Greek Ambassador · John Stapleton · ss Gay News #247, 1982 428 · The Man in the Dark · Mansel Stimpson · ss 435 · Outing · Peter Wells · ss Dangerous Desires by Peter Wells, Viking, 1991 443 · Thanks to Gary Southgate · Graeme Woolaston · ss 458 · Just Another Night in Finsbury Park · Ian Young · ss 467 · Skunk · John-Paul Zaccarini · ss 479 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 485 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms

Science Fiction ed. S. H. Burton (Longmans, Green, 1967, 0-582-34895-1, 7/-, 245pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. 1 · Introduction · S. H. Burton · in 14 · Requiem [D.D. Harriman] · Robert Heinlein · ss Astounding Science-Fiction January 1940 40 · A Present from Joe · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1949 60 · Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1949, as “The Naming of Names” 82 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 100 · The New Wine · John Christopher · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Summer 1954, as by William Vine 120 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 172 · The Windows of Heaven · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #47, May 1956, as “Two by Two” 190 · Youth · Isaac Asimov · nv Space Science Fiction May 1952 232 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 241 · Glossary · [uncredited] · ms 245 · For Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi

By the Chimney with Care ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, September 2006, 0-9778402-3-9, $10.95, 208pp, tp, oa)     “A Christmas Crime Anthology.” 1 · The Plight Before Christmas · Herschel Cozine · pm 3 · Christmas Gifts · John M. Floyd · ss Reader’s Break June 1998 13 · Christmas in Honolulu [Kimo Kanapa’aka] · Neil Plakcy · ss Mysterical-e December 2005 27 · Whatever Happened to Sandy Kloss? · Suzanne Flaig · ss ByLine Magazine 35 · Popcorn for Christmas · Debra Gray & O’Neil De Noux · ss Peeping Tom #21, January 1996 51 · Not-So-Silent Night · Tony Burton · ss Crime and Suspense ezine December 2005 61 · Yellow Snow · Jeffrey Marks · ss Canine Christmas ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine, 1999 73 · Murder in Toddler Town · Rob Rosen · ss 87 · Black and White · Joseph Ketner · ss 99 · One Wise Man · John J. Wilson · ss 107 · The Santa Stickup · Guy Belleranti · ss SHORT Stuff Magazine Winter 2002 115 · Noel · Margaret Fenton · ss 125 · The Bells of Christmas · Carol A. Cole · ss 133 · A Brother’s Gift · Mike Wiecek · ss Hardluck Stories Fall 2004 139 · In the Chimney with Love · Gary R. Hoffman · ss 147 · Three Days of Christmas [River City] · Frank Zafiro · nv 173 · Secret Santa · Jean Lauzier · ss 179 · Surprise Package · John L. French · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #31, December 1997 199 · Story Attributions · [uncredited] · bi 201 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Carols and Crimes, Gifts and Grifters ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, September 2007, 1603640029, $11.95, 260pp, tp, oa)     An original anthology of 15 holiday crime stories to benefit the Toys for Tots. · Ho Ho Homicide [Odelia Grey] · Sue Ann Jaffarian · ss · Robbery on Christmas Eve · Earl Staggs · ss · The Lesson of the Season · Thomas H. Cook · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2003 · Santa and the Poor Box · Gail Farrelly · ss · The Proper Trimmings · Nick Andreychuk · ss · The Grinch and I · Herschel Cozine · ss · Home for Christmas [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss · The Christmas Tree Thief · Chris Grabenstein · ss · A Piece of Christmas · Deborah Elliot-Upton · ss · Santa Solves a Murder · Jan Christensen · ss · Mystery on Capital Street [Hannibal Jones] · Austin S. Camacho · ss · The Christmas Cut Out Caper · Tony Burton · ss · The Ballet Exercises · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Shred of Evidence February 2003 · Christmas Every Day · Margaret Fenton · ss · Have a Harpy Christmas · Peggy Jaegly · ss

Crime and Suspense Anthology I: 2005-2006 ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, May 2007, 1603640002, $9.95, 200pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 15 stories from the Crime and Suspense ezine.

Dying in a Winter Wonderland ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, September 2008, 978-1603640053, $11.95, 204pp, tp, oa) · Foreword · Stevanne Auerbach · fw 1 · A Mom for Christmas · Austin S. Camacho · ss 19 · The Alternate Plan · Allan Ansorge · ss 31 · A Merry Slay Ride · M. E. Kemp · ss 49 · On the Sixth Night of Hanukah · Helen Schwartz · ss 65 · Something Extra for Christmas · Radine Trees Nehring · ss 79 · Gracie’s Gift from the East · Gary R. Hoffman · ss 91 · Happy Holidays Times Three · Peg Herring · ss 109 · Taking Her Medicine · Tony Burton · ss 119 · A Christmas Carole · Janice Alonso · ss 137 · Just Call Me Nick · Terrie Farley Moran · ss 147 · The Longest Night · S. M. Harding · ss 165 · In the Nick of Time · Gayle Bartos-Pool · ss 179 · Team Player · Marian Allen · ss 189 · Contributor Profiles · [uncredited] · bg

Murder to Mil-Spec ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, September 2010, 1603640282, $12.00, 226pp, tp, oa)     An anthology to benefit Homes for Our Troops. 1 · Foreword · Tony Burton · fw 3 · Meet Me by the Priest · Terrie Farley Moran · ss 23 · Dart Champ · Dorothy B. Francis · ss 35 · Tripwire · Big Jim Williams · nv 57 · Choices · Elizabeth Zelvin · ss 76 · The Gift of Life · Lina Zeldovich · nv 98 · Justice at Sea · Charles Schaeffer · nv 121 · Tourada à Corda · Howard B. Carron · ss 140 · One More Mission · Brendan Dubois · ss 153 · Danger from Within · Janis Patterson · ss 173 · An Officer and a Gentleman’s Agreement · Barb Goffman · ss 188 · Warriors Know Their Duty · S. M. Harding · ss 200 · Salome’s Gift · Diana Catt · nv 221 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Seven by Seven ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, April 2006, 0977840204, $13.95, 212pp, tp, oa)     “Seven Deadly Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Seven Deadly Authors.” Original anthology of 49 short stories, all 600 words or less. Each author wrote one story for each deadly sin.

Ten for Ten ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, August 2008, 160364007X, 176pp, tp, an)     Anthology of stories from the Crime and Suspense ezine. Partial contents.

Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales of Acoustic Weird ed. Manon Burz-Labrande (The British Library, September 22, 2022, 978-0-7123-5417-2, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover by Mag Ruhig) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Volume 33 in the series. · Introduction · Manon Burz-Labrande · in · I. “I Heard a Noise, Sure Enough”: Living with Audible Presences · The Invisible Tenants of Rushmere · Florence Marryat · nv The Ghost of Charlotte Gray and Other Stories by Florence Marryat, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883 · The First Comer · Bithia Mary Croker · ss Kingdom of Kerry by B. M. Croker, 1896 · The Day of My Death · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. · II. “I Had Heard the Words with Painful Distinctness”: Perceiving Ghostly Voices · The Spirit’s Whisper · Sheridan Le Fanu · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867, uncredited. · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 · A Speakin’ Ghost · Annie Trumbull Slosson · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1890 · The Whispering Wall · H. D. Everett · ss The Novel Magazine February 1916, as by Theo. Douglas · No Living Voice · Thomas Street Millington · ss Temple Bar April 1872, uncredited. · III. “I Jumped Awake to the Furious Ringing of My Bell”: Sonorous Objects and Haunting Technology · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 · The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit · Barry Pain · ss Black & White May 7 1898 · Over the Wires · H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 · The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited. · IV. Sounds and Silence: Acoustic Weird Beyond the Ghostly · Siope—A Fable · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911 a revised and updated version of “Vaila”, Shapes in the Fire, 1896.